Županja (, hu, Zsupanya, german: Schaupanie) is a town in eastern
Slavonia
Slavonia (; hr, Slavonija) is, with Dalmatia, Croatia proper, and Istria, one of the four historical regions of Croatia. Taking up the east of the country, it roughly corresponds with five Croatian counties: Brod-Posavina, Osijek-Bar ...
,
Croatia
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, located 254 km east of
Zagreb
Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slop ...
. It is administratively part of the
Vukovar-Syrmia County
Vukovar-Srijem County ( hr, Vukovarsko-srijemska županija), Vukovar-Sirmium County or Vukovar-Syrmia County, named after the eponymous town of Vukovar and the region of Syrmia, is the easternmost Croatian county. It includes the eastern parts ...
. It is inhabited by 12,090 people (2011).
Županja lies on the
Sava
The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally t ...
river opposite
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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, and is the site of a border-crossing bridge with the town of
Orašje in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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. The
A3 highway Zagreb
Zagreb ( , , , ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slop ...
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Slavonski Brod-
Belgrade
Belgrade ( , ;, ; names in other languages) is the capital and largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. Nearly 1,166,763 mi ...
passes north of it, and the city is also reachable by a local railroad from
Vinkovci
Vinkovci () is a city in Slavonia, in the Vukovar-Syrmia County in eastern Croatia. The city's registered population was 28,247 in the 2021 census, the total population of the city was 31,057, making it the largest town of the county. Surround ...
as well as the
state road D55. The 2011 census recorded 96.72%
Croats
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in the municipality.
History
Županja was ruled by
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University ...
between 1536 and 1687 as part of
Sanjak of Syrmia. Since the
Treaty of Karlowitz
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in 1699, until 1918, Županja (named ''ZUPANJE'' when a post-office was opened in 1861)
[Handbook of Austria and Lombardy-Venetia Cancellations on the Postage Stamp Issues 1850-1864, by Edwin MUELLER, 1961.] remained in the
Austrian monarchy
The Habsburg monarchy (german: Habsburgermonarchie, ), also known as the Danubian monarchy (german: Donaumonarchie, ), or Habsburg Empire (german: Habsburgerreich, ), was the collection of empires, kingdoms, duchies, counties and other polities ...
(
Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia
The Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia ( hr, Kraljevina Hrvatska i Slavonija; hu, Horvát-Szlavónország or ; de-AT, Königreich Kroatien und Slawonien) was a nominally autonomous kingdom and constitutionally defined separate political nation with ...
after the
compromise of 1867
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), in the
Slavonian Military Frontier
The Slavonian Military Frontier ( hr, Slavonska vojna krajina or ; german: Slawonische Militärgrenze; sr, Славонска војна крајина; hu, Szlavón határőrvidék) was a district of the Military Frontier, a territory in the ...
, under the administration of the ''Brooder Grenz-Infanterie-Regiment N°VII'' until 1881. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Županja was a district capital in the Kingdom
Syrmia County
Syrmia County ( hr, Srijemska županija, sr, Сремска жупанија, hu, Szerém vármegye, german: Komitat Syrmien) was a historic administrative subdivision ('' županija'') of the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia. Croatia-Slavonia was ...
. From 1929 to 1939, Županja was part of the
Sava Banovina
The Sava Banovina or Sava Banate ( hr, Savska banovina), was a province ( banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1929 and 1939. It was named after the Sava River and consisted of much of the present-day Croatia (the areas of historical Croa ...
and from 1939 to 1941 of the
Banovina of Croatia
The Banovina of Croatia or Banate of Croatia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Banovina Hrvatska, Бановина Хрватска) was an autonomous province ( banovina) of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia between 1939 and 1941. It was formed by a merg ...
within the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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.
Demographics
Gallery
Zupanja Marktplatz.JPG, Residential buildings
Memorial for the defenders of Zupanja, Croatia.JPG, Defenders memorial
HŽ 2062 Županja.jpg, Županja railway station, 1997
Notable people
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Srećko Albini (1869–1933), Croatian composer, conductor, and music publisher
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Melita Lorković, Croatian female pianist, university professor and music pedagogue (1907-1987)
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Amiel Shomrony - cantor of the Jewish community in Zagreb and secretary of Zagreb's chief rabbi
Miroslav Šalom Freiberger during the World War II
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Dario Župarić
Dario Župarić (; born 3 May 1992) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Portland Timbers in Major League Soccer.
Club career
Župarić was born in Županja and played youth football with Graničar Županja be ...
, Croatian footballer (b. 1992)
References
External links
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Cities and towns in Croatia
Populated places in Syrmia
Slavonia
Bosnia and Herzegovina–Croatia border crossings
Populated places in Vukovar-Syrmia County
Syrmia County